Stock watering



0. M. WOODS.

STOCK WATERING APPLIANCE. APPLICATiON FILED MAR. 14. 1919.

1,366,234. Patented Jan.18,1921.

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STOCK WATERING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.14, 19 19.

Patented Jan. 18, 192.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORA M. WOODS, 0F CLIFFS, IDAHO.

STOGK-WATERING APPLIANCE.

T0 aZZwhom it may concern: y i

Be it known that I, ORA Mawoons, a cit zen of the United States ofAmericayresid ing at Cliffs, in the county of ()wyhee and State ofIdaho, have invented new and useful Improvements in StocleVV-ateringAppliances, of which the following is a specification. a

The object of the invention is ,to provide an appliance for use inconjunction with wells, whereby the stock in a large pasture may, asthey need the water, raise the same into a suitable drinking tank inapproaching the latter. In carrying out the invention provision is madefor returning to the well immediately the stock leave the tank of anywater left in the latter, after the stock have drunk, and furtherprovision is also made for automatically shutting oil thesupply of waterto the tank when it reaches a predetermined level. i

Further objects of the invention to pro 'vide an appliance of thischaracter, which is simple in construction, durable and effective in.operationand inexpensive to manu facture and apply. a

Other and further objects appear in, the following description. whereinthe invention is set forth indetail.

To the exact construction in which it is shown and described, theinvention is not to be restricted. The right isreserved to make suchchanges or alterations as the actual re duction to practice may suggest,in so far as such changes or alterations are compatible in spirit withthe annexed claims.

The same numerals of reference designate the same parts throughout theseveral figure of drawings, wherein: 1

Figure 1 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation showing thepractical application of the invention. a

Fig. 2 is a top. plan view-of structure of Fig; 1. i i

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectioinal View of the drinking tank showing theautomatic valve for the waste thereof. y i i r 1 Fig. 4 is a detailedsectionalview ofa portion of thefdrinking tank showing the automaticfilling valve.

Referring to the drawings, the purpose of the invention is evidetit. Itis designed for Specificationof Letters Patent. t t Jan, 1 192 iApplication flled Ma reh 14,1919. Serial No. 282,662. i

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i A pump cylinder 5 is positioned in the well adjacent the bottom and issuspended from guy rods 6 which are attached at uniformly spaced pointsaround the surface of the cylinder and attached also to the walls of thewell near. the upper edges thereof, this means of supporting the pumpcylinder permitting its placing in the well without having to go belowthe water line indicated at 7 Looking in the cylinder 5 there is apiston 8, this piston having secured to its upper face the lower ends ofdiverging bars 9, the latterbeing L shaped in crosssection and extendingclose to the upper edge. of the well to receive a latform 10, which ispositioned between the two sections of fence 3so that stock seeking thetank will be required to step upon the platform. Obviously, suchmovement ofthe stock on the platform will cause a depression of :thelatter and the p downward movementof thepiston 8 in the,

cylinder. To provide for moving the piston to the upper end of thecylinder when no weight is imposed on the platform 10. a

transverse bar :11 has its ends set in the walls .of the well and thisbar is strengthened by a truss l2 toresist a downwardtransverse strainand carries on its under edge or face a pair of sheave pulleys 13 overwhich there are trained the cables 14. One end of each of these cableslet is attached to the piston 8 and the remaining end. of each carries aweight 15, the two weights obviously operating to raise the piston andthe platform immediately the weight is removed fromthe latter. i i m aOn the upward movement of thepiston S,

f it is designed to take in water and to that end the bottom of thecylinder 5 is provided with an inlet valve 16 opening on the up wardmovement of the piston and closing on obviously permit the transfer ofwater iin the cylinder to the tank 2 when the piston moves downward asis the case when stock step on the platform 10.

"In order that the tank 2 may not be supplied with water higher'than'aprescribed level the inlaid end of the pipe 17 is performed to provideava-lve seat with which the: lever valve 20 may engage, one arm of thisvalve being connected with a float 21 by means efa chain .22 and thevalve being pivotally mounted as at 23, in the bottom of the tank 2..YVhen the water reaches a level where the lioat21 will. be raised highenough to draw the chain"22 taut, the valve 20 will be. engaged with itsseat 'and the supply I through the pipe 17 will be cut off.

Inforder to provide against freezing of wat'er' inthe tank, that isfilled and the water not removed as when the animals drink from thesame, a waste pipe 24 is "provided, this Waste pipe passing throughthebottom of the tank 2 to form a seat on which the lever valve 25 mayengage, the pipe24 extending downwardly and entering the end through oneof the side walls thereof, as "clearly shown in Fig. 1. After the valve25 is raised, the water in the tank will perforce flow through the pipe24 and back into the well, but if the valve 25 is closed such transferof the water is precluded. It is the intention to have the valve 25 openexcept when the platformdO is depressed, as when an animal is standingthereon and the valve 25 is, therefore, operatively conne'ctedwith theplatform, a lever 26 being vfulcrumed on the upper edge of the tank andhaving its one end connected to the tail ofithe lever valve 25 byaconnecting link 27. Theremaining endof this lever 26 pivotally connectswith the upper section 28 of a telesco in .two part rod. comprisin inaddi- P a. a g

' 'tionftocthe section 28 a'section29, which is secured totheplatform'lO. These two sections are normally 'heldin a positionwheretheir combined length is shortest by a spring "30, whichsurrounds thetwo and has one end connected to the section 28 and the other to thesection 29, the rod being lengthened by sliding movement between the twosectionsagainst the tension of the spring 30.

. l/Vhen no animals are on the platform 10,

the latterwill be in raised'position as a result ofthe action of weights15, and the "piston willbe at the upper end of the cylinder having drawnin a quantity of water on its upward movement to reach its highestposition. The valve 25 will also be in open position as the two part rodcomposing the sections 28 and 29 will be raised thus do.- pressing thatend of the lever 29 to which the link 27 is connected with the resultthat the valve 25 is raised from its seat. If any water was in the tankbefore the platform raised, such water will flow through the waste pipe24 back into the well upon the opening of the valve 25. If now an animalseeks a drink from the tank it will be required, because of the sectionsof the fence 3, to stand upon the platform 10 to gain access to the tankand this act will result in a depression of a platform with the forcingof the piston 8 downward in the cylinder. and the consequent raising ofthe water through the pipe 17 into the tank 2, water continuing to flowinto the tank until stopped by the closing of the valve 20 through theoperation of its float 21, by the depression of the platform 10, alsoresults in lowering the rod comprising the sections 28 and 29, andworking the lever 26 in the opposite direction so that the valve 25 isclosed thereby and the waste discharge pipe thereby prevented fromconducting water back to the-well, the spring 30 providing enoughresiliency between the two sections 28 and 29 to permit the same toextend the length of the rod of which they are a part, to prevent theengaging of the valve 25 against its seat with too great a force.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. In a stock watering appliance, the combination with a well, of a pumpcylinder positioned below the water level of the well, a tank adjacentthe well at one side thereof, connections between the cylinder and thetank, a platform disposed in the mouth of the well, the cylinder beingopened at its upper end, a piston disposed in the cylinder, divergingbars connected with the piston on top and extending to and connectingwith the platform, a pair of pulleys, means for mounting the pulleysjust below the top of the well and below the platform, flexible memberstrained over the pulley and having one end connected with the piston,and

"counter-balancing"weights connected to the remaining ends oftheflexible members in the mannerand for the purposes specified.

2. In a stock watering appliance, the combination with a well, of a pumppositioned below the water well, a tank adjacent the well at one sidethereof, a platform mounted in the ,mouth of the well and operativelyconnected with the pump, a supply pipe between the pump and the tank. awaste pipe connected with the tank and entering the well for the returno'l: water from the tank into the well, a valve closing that end ofllll) llll the waste pipe entering the tank, a pivotally mounted leveron one end of which the valve is carried, a second lever pivotallymounted at the top of the tank, a link connectingthe two said levers, alodge composed of two telescopic sections one of which is secured to theplatform and the other connected to the last said lever, and a springsurrounding the said rod and connected respectively to the two sectionsthereof to provide for ex- 10 tension ofthe sections against the tensionof the spring when the platform is lowering to close the valve. t Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ORA M. WOODS.

